Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: Movie Review
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is a 1969 American Western film directed by George Roy Hill. This film, loosely based on a true story, tells the story of Wild West outlaws Robert LeRoy Parker, known to history as Butch Cassidy, and his partner Harry Longabaugh, the "Sundance Kid", as they travel to Bolivia while on the run from the law seeking a more prosperous criminal career. The film, while containing comedic elements, is not a parody. The film is a classic with a light-hearted mood. This film is not a typical Western film. Not being a typical Western film it appealed to a larger group of spectators. This film really spoke to the era in which it was filmed. The film included the ideal Paradigm, lightheartedness, and comedic irony to attract a wide range of audiences.
The film follows Syd Field’s ideal Paradigm “three act structure”. Syd Field’s ideal Paradigm is broken up in to three parts: intro conflict, and resolution. There are two plot points one at the beginning and one at end of the conflict. The first 30 minutes of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance kid is the introduction and the set up to the story. The first plot point starts at the 35 minute mark when train arrives carrying a six-man team that has been specially outfitted by Union Pacific head E. H. Harriman. The conflict section of the film is about how the times were changing and Butch and Sundance were trying to cling to romanticized olden days. The conflict is exactly 60 minutes long. The second plot point is when Etta tells Butch and Sundance that she is deciding to leave to go back home precisely at 1:35. The movie then has is resolution. The ideal Paradime helps to create an ideal film.
The film is very lighthearted and Butch and Sundance are almost viewed as children. The audience is able to see the carefree spirits in Butch and Sundance and experience their nostalgia. This freewheeling attitude is one reason that the audience falls in
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is a 1969 American Western film directed by George Roy Hill. This film, loosely based on a true story, tells the story of Wild West outlaws Robert LeRoy Parker, known to history as Butch Cassidy, and his partner Harry Longabaugh, the "Sundance Kid", as they travel to Bolivia while on the run from the law seeking a more prosperous criminal career. The film, while containing comedic elements, is not a parody. The film is a classic with a light-hearted mood. This film is not a typical Western film. Not being a typical Western film it appealed to a larger group of spectators. This film really spoke to the era in which it was filmed. The film included the ideal Paradigm, lightheartedness, and comedic irony to attract a wide range of audiences.
The film follows Syd Field’s ideal Paradigm “three act structure”. Syd Field’s ideal Paradigm is broken up in to three parts: intro conflict, and resolution. There are two plot points one at the beginning and one at end of the conflict. The first 30 minutes of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance kid is the introduction and the set up to the story. The first plot point starts at the 35 minute mark when train arrives carrying a six-man team that has been specially outfitted by Union Pacific head E. H. Harriman. The conflict section of the film is about how the times were changing and Butch and Sundance were trying to cling to romanticized olden days. The conflict is exactly 60 minutes long. The second plot point is when Etta tells Butch and Sundance that she is deciding to leave to go back home precisely at 1:35. The movie then has is resolution. The ideal Paradime helps to create an ideal film.
The film is very lighthearted and Butch and Sundance are almost viewed as children. The audience is able to see the carefree spirits in Butch and Sundance and experience their nostalgia. This freewheeling attitude is one reason that the audience falls in